Meaning & use
statute
A written law formally enacted by a legislative body.
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The new statute requires all restaurants to display calorie counts.
Lawyers argued over how the statute should be interpreted in court.
A note on using this word
A statute is written and formally passed by a legislature, unlike common law, which develops from court decisions.
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